LIFT IRRIGATION

BY
SRIKAANTH.S
BE,CIVIL
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Lift irrigation
When water is lifted from surface sources or underground sources by man
or animal power, mechanical or electrical power and directly supplied to the
agricultural land, then it is known as lift irrigation.
Small area can be irrigated.
Lift irrigation can be divided into two groups:
Lifting of water by man or animal power.
Lifting of water by mechanical or electrical power.
When mechanical or electrical power are not available in villages or the
economic condition of the former is not good enough to afford this expensive
method, the lifting of water is done by the following method from the
surface sources ( like ponds, lakes, river,well etc).
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Lifting of water by man or animal power.

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)

Doon
Archimedean screw
Swinging bucket
Dhenkli
Rati or pulley
Wind lass
Mote
Persian wheel
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Doon

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Doon
It consists of a trough made of wooden or galvanized tin sheet.
The trough is open at one end and closed at other.
It is anchored over a pivot.
The closed end is tied to a level with a rope.
The other end of the lever carries a counter weight.
The lever is pivoted at the middle point.
Standing on a platform, the operator pushes the trough downwards
until it is immerged in water.
When the trough is filled with water, the pressure is released and
the trough rises upwards.
At some position the water of the trough starts getting discharged
into the field channel.
The operator now presses the trough again to immerge it in water.
It is repeated until the requirement is fulfilled.

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Archimedean screw
It consists of wooden or metal
cylinder with a helical coil fitted
within.
The cylinder is placed in an
inclined position and fitted with two
supports with bearings so that it
can be rotated by a handle.
The lower end of the cylinder is
kept immerged in water.
When the cylinder is rotated by a
man with the handle, the water gets
sucked through the helical coil and
follows the path.
The water is then discharged into
the field channel through the upper
end.
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Swinging basket
The water is lifted by swinging
a bucket with the help of pair of
ropes by two persons standing
on opposite sides.
This method is suitable for
lifting water to a small height.
In the downward motion, the
bucket is immerged in water by
loosening the ropes.
In the upward motion, the two
persons
exert
maximum
pressure on the ropes to raise
the bucket above the water
surface and then the bucket is
titled to discharge the water into
the field channel.
This process is continued until
the requirement is fulfilled.

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Dhenkli
It is adopted for lifting water from the well.
It consists of a lever pivoted on a vertical
post.
One end of the lever carries a counter weight
and the other end carries a bucket suspended
by a string.
On the downward motion the operator exerts
a downward thrust on the rope to immerse the
bucket in the water of the well.
In the upward motion, the operator releases
the pressure and the bucket is automatically
raised by the action of counter weight.
When the bucket comes above the ground
level, the operator delivers the water in the
field channel.
This is repeated till the requirement is
fulfilled.

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Ratti or pulley
It is adopted for lifting water
from a deep lined open well.
It consists of an inclined post
carrying a pulley.
Over the pulley a long rope
passes which carries a bucket
at one end.
The other end of the rope is
held by the operator who can
pull the bucket up and down.
For the downward motion,
the operator pulls the bucket
upwards to the top.
The water is then discharged
to the field channel merely by
inverting the bucket.
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Wind lass
It is suitable for lifting water from deep
open wells.
A cylindrical wooden frame is supported in
vertical posts with proper bearings.
The wooden cylinder consists of two
wheels at the two ends.
Again, the wheel consists of four projecting
arms with which the operator can rotate the
wheel clock wise or anti clock wise.
A rope is coiled with the cylinder.
The free end of the rope carries a bucket.
In anti clock wise rotation the rope is
recoiled and the bucket gets lowered and
gets immersed in water.
In clock wise rotation of the wheel, the
rope is coiled with the cylinder and the
bucket get raised.
When the bucket comes to the top of the
well, the operator discharges the water into
the field channel by inverting the bucket.

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Mote
It is suitable for lifting water from lined deep
open wells.
It consists of two pulleys, where the upper
pulley is large and fitted with a bucket and the
lower pulley is small and fitted on the top of a
strut.
A lather container known as mote (in the
shape ) is tied with ropes at both ends.
One rope passes over the larger pulley and
the other rope passes over the smaller pulley.
Again, both the ropes are tied with a yoke
which is pulled by bullocks.
The bullocks move on sloping platform (AB)
which is known as ramp.
When the bullock are at position A, the mote
gets immersed in water and remains horizontal
and when the bullocks are at the position B, the
mote becomes inclined and the water is
discharged in a trough which carries the water
to the field channel.
The bullocks move in forward and backward
directions along the ramp for lifting and
discharging water.
This is repeated till the requirement is fulfilled.

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